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Dangling Challenge by amiguriken

Jun 10, 2005 07:09

Title: Grammar Rules Apply

Author: amiguriken

Rating: G

Category: Gen

Summary: Kavanaugh is offended.

Notes: The ending feels cut off to me. daughtershade said it was fine, so I'm posting the sucker anyway (but am willing to entertain any recommendations for improvement).

( Grammar Rules Apply )

author: amiguriken, challenge: dangling

Comments 52

calijirl5150 June 10 2005, 11:20:16 UTC

Put a smile on my face :) Thanks

amiguriken June 10 2005, 21:29:19 UTC

You're welcome. I'm very glad it was enjoyed. :D

*giggles* fleurrochard June 10 2005, 11:21:18 UTC

Hey! You make me like Kavanaugh! Not fair!

*g*

Re: *giggles* amiguriken June 10 2005, 21:30:37 UTC

Whoo-hoo! I wanted him to be at least a little sympathetic (for once). Glad it worked. :D Thanks!

rosewildeirish June 10 2005, 11:37:45 UTC

Oh, nice. And...is that a...*gasp* third dimension to Kavanagh??? *g*

amiguriken June 10 2005, 21:32:10 UTC

*snicker* Thanks. Every character deserves to be multidimensional, even the jerk...actually, especially the jerk.

eretria June 10 2005, 11:44:26 UTC

Blimey! I feel the need to hug Kavanagh. Finally someone adresses this subject.
Oh dear. Can you imagine Kavanagh going over one of Rodney's texts, though? They'd be on each other's throats in no time.

fenris_wolf0 June 10 2005, 15:02:43 UTC

Hee, true ( ... )

eretria June 10 2005, 15:23:41 UTC

Oh, heaven forbid, I wasn't implying that Rodney's sentences would be incorrect. It was referring more to a British spelling vs. American spelling debate.

However, I'd be careful with judging common mistakes as a simple case of the writer being not literate enough to know better. Even if you usually know how to spell a word, you sometimes hit a spot where it'll come out wrong (be it because of fatigue or a simple glitch in a usually well-oiled machinery), despite knowing exactly, upon a second reading, that it's wrong. It happens especially to those of us who know the grammar / spelling rules but don't list English as their native language. Happens in the native language as well, though. But that's where the beta-reader comes in, isn't it?

fenris_wolf0 June 11 2005, 00:48:18 UTC

Oh I did not assume you meant anything of the sort, I was just reacting to the story and your reply without thinking, because I am also a spelling/punctuation nazi. Not that I am not capable of making lots of typos myself, but the frequency of such things in some stories really ticks me off.

And isn't the British spelling the correct one anyway? Tee hee. :D

At any rate, it's the one I learned (because I am not a native speaker of English either). You wouldn't believe how silly I looked the first time I spelled out an equation with a z variable in my first stay in the US and had my classmates say:

"Zed? What is that?"

"Er. Z, the letter, the last one in the alphabet, you know?"

"Oh, you mean zee?"

"What? Zee? What is zee? I mean the letter z... "

This went on for several minutes until somebody told me straight out that the letter z was pronounced 'zee' in the US. I am afraid I looked at the rest of the class as if they were mentally retarded or making it up on the spot just to confuse me. :P

Is it any surprise we ( ... )

Thread 10

scap3goat June 10 2005, 12:50:55 UTC

Great! Someone who isn't bashing Kavanagh for once!
He can be a real... uhm... not a nice person, but who liked McKay back on SG-1?

THANKS! *huggles* *handsoverchocolate*
Really made my day!

amiguriken June 10 2005, 21:28:56 UTC

Thanks! :D I've read too much fic that really villifies him, and I don't think it's fair. I'm glad you enjoyed it.